On Saturday 02 Jul 2011 11:23:33 pm Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Reposting primarily for this quote, which had resonance: > > "If the “them” at the very top are unacceptably corrupt, it may be > because the “us” taught them everything they know." > > Also because there' a notion that "chatterati" just "talking on mailing > lists" can't cause or facilitate social change. I think that is a > mistaken notion. > > https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/world/asia/02iht-currents02.html > > Udhay >
LOL! Indians form queues like a herd of cattle at a gate. That is the "natural order". No one has a fixed rank by virtue of being there first, but there is a rough ranking system where you get through a bit earlier if you got there a bit earlier. It is an artificially imposed travesty that humans should be made to line up in a long queue that causes some people to have to walk a long convoluted path to a gate while others get off easy mainly because they ran 5 minutes earlier where their unseemly and inelegant hurry was not noticed. On the other hand, when it comes to "respecting the next person even if he is a twit" Indians go strictly by chronological rank. If you got here earlier - that is, if you were born earlier, you get more respect. shiv
